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For several years, I had heard and read about Hawaiian Safaris, owned and operated by Patrick Fisher. I spent some time visiting with Patrick and learned a few things about the hunting opportunities that I’d like to share with you.

Hello, Radio Readers – I’m Jane Holwerda from Dodge City, Kansas. It’s great to be back with our Fall 2021 Book Read: “Rivers and Meandering Meanings.”In his genre-defying book Elevations, Max McCoy, who directs the Center for Great Plains Studies at Emporia State, recounts his journey – by kayak, on foot, and by Jeep—following the Arkansas River from its headwaters in Leadville, Colorado, through southwestern and on to southeastern Kansas.

This is Nicole English coming to you from the Sociology Department at Fort Hays State University for HPPR's Book-Bytes....This is a discussion of the book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, as a picaresque novel (or novela picaresca).

This is Mike Strong, in Hays, for HPPR. The book is On The Great Highway: The Wanderings and Adventures of a Special Correspondent (1901) by James Creelman.

This is Leslie VonHolten traveling through the High Plains of Kansas, with another HPPR Radio Readers Book Byte.I love the metaphor of rivers when we consider our life experiences, the way our days and our stories ebb and flow. Some spots are rough, too fast for us to steer the kayak. Others are languid, slow and easy. And like life, we never know what is around the bend.

I’m Denise Low reading poems about rivers as part of The Radio Readers Book Club’s 2021 Fall Read Rivers – Meandering Meaning. William Stafford captures the mystery of rivers in his poetry, especially this poem about wintery rivers:Ask Me by William StaffordSome time when the river is ice ask memistakes I have made. Ask me whetherwhat I have done is my life...

Today’s Growing on the High Plains will unfurl a little history about the hollyhock, including its prevalence among English cottage landscapes and ancient applications as holistic medicine.

This is Nicole English coming to you from the Sociology Department at Fort Hays State University for HPPR's Book-Bytes. This is a discussion of the book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain.Although it was written in 1884, this book is as controversial today, as it was when it was published. You may wonder why a story about an orphaned runaway boy would create such a stir...

Today’s Growing on the High Plains pierces the pod of the popular poppy, noting its unforgettable appearance as a memory eraser in The Wizard of Oz. Ironically, it’s also a symbol of remembrance of fallen soldiers, thanks to Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae’s haunting poem, “In Flanders Fields.”

In this week's show, Luke talks about making Peameal Bacon from pork loin. If you enjoy bacon, you will love peameal bacon which is much leaner and made from the choice cut of pork, the loin...